Sentences with phrase «monitor shark populations»

Gabriel added, «Our study shows that with a little bit of training and a good sampling design, recreational divers collect very useful data that can be used to monitor shark populations over long periods of time and across large spatial areas.

Gili Shark Foundation monitors the shark population around the waters of the Gili Islands in Lombok, Indonesia and is dedicated to the protection and conservation of the sharks themselves as well as their habitat.

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However, while working with Michael Meyer, a marine scientist from the Department of Environmental Affairs, and shark conservationist Michael Rutzen from Shark Diving Unlimited, Dr Andreotti realised that the software needed some more tweaking if it were to fit the ideal of sustaining a large database for the long - term monitoring of the white shark populashark conservationist Michael Rutzen from Shark Diving Unlimited, Dr Andreotti realised that the software needed some more tweaking if it were to fit the ideal of sustaining a large database for the long - term monitoring of the white shark populaShark Diving Unlimited, Dr Andreotti realised that the software needed some more tweaking if it were to fit the ideal of sustaining a large database for the long - term monitoring of the white shark populashark population.

Even in California, where monitoring is relatively good, estimates of the white shark population vary by an order of magnitude, from 500 to 5,000.

She has monitored pinniped (seal and sea lion) populations at Point Reyes and elsewhere in central California, and has never personally seen an attack so close, though others who study and tag sharks have.

According to a press release from FIU, researchers deployed baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs) to monitor the abundance and distribution of sharks and rays, and surprisingly found thriving populations of rays after analyzing the hundreds of hours of video footage.